I could never be afraid of you.

A word of advice, though. This won't be the last time you have to deal with something in life that throws you off your game. In future courses, as well as in the real world--such as it is--professors and employers won't always be accommodating. We all have to--what's my daughter's terminology--suck it up and deal?

And then she told me she didn’t want someone who needed her in order to be a better guy. She wanted someone who was better by himself, with or without her.

Not. Your. Fault." I nodded again, holding onto his words like they were redemption.

What I can't do anywhere is be with you.

Ugh! Erin. You have a one-track mind." She smiled deviously. "I prefer to think of it as target-driven.

I don't know why it's so hard for me to say those three words. Most guys throw it around like breath, like bait.